New submission from Mike Miller <python....@mgmiller.net>:
When pydoc is run from the command line and unable to write a file for a
module because of a syntax error, it would be helpful to return a
non-zero status code as a result.
What it does currently:
C:\>C:\python26\Lib\pydoc.py -w mymod
problem in .\mymod.py - <type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid
syntax (mymod.py, line 1)
C:\>echo %ERRORLEVEL%
0
What it should do if an error is found:
C:\>type doesnt_exist.txt
The system cannot find the file specified.
C:\>echo %ERRORLEVEL%
1
This would allow us to make our build scripts able to react to error
conditions, etc without having to use another script. Thanks.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 86837
nosy: mixmastamyk
severity: normal
status: open
title: pydoc to return error status code
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6
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